thank you for joining us. governor fallon is going make some comment and we're going turn it over to q & a and the governors will have a chance to chime in as they see fit. with that, governor fallon. >> thank you. >> thank you. what a beautiful place it is to be this morning. governor walker, stunning view. thank you for hosting us here. we appreciate your work on behalf of the national governor's association. -- you lead us a great year of productivity and working on many important issues for our nation tps. been a great success. we are glad to be join by our fellow colleagues that joined us here. thank you for coming this morning. i know, i certainly am going take valuable lessons from you, jack, as we continue to move the nga along and have the opportunity this sunday we have a change of relationship. -- leadership. i want to take a moment to thank governorwalker and his wife for a wonderful weekend. we had a great time last night we have some of the colleagues that went down the slide on the burlap sacks.